Almost a hundred people crowded round on Havana’s avenue of the port to see the great tuna of more than two yards long. Notwithstanding the beauty of the fish, the expression of death on its face could not be overlooked.
Read MoreIt took some effort to figure out where the old man lived, since all he did was constantly repeat that he couldn’t go back to his house because there was someone abusive there.
Read MoreThere have been innumerable stumbles, and these experiences noted. However, I believe that what has been done in the corresponding measures has lacked a real determination to transcend our mistakes. Conceit reigns, in place of discernment.
Read MoreIn no part of this “historic document,” as all official journalists call it, does there appear the names of those who wrote the pamphlet or the delegates who approved the guidelines in the congress last April.
Read MoreExcept from my childhood memories and the same reference made in a story by the now-deceased Cuban writer Manuel Cofiño about the El Madrid Café, I had never felt what I did when visiting the grill of one of the new generation of self-employed workers businesses near my house.
Read MoreI’m already back to hustling, earning a few pesos, trying to survive this eternal shipwreck. I have a little job I can’t declare, so it’s better I not say a whole lot about it so the bloodhounds don’t lay into me.
Read MoreMade up of young people and adults who are paid at the same rate as any professional, though a higher education is not required, this small army begins its mission by falling into formation in the middle of the street and later they’re deployed throughout the whole area.
Read MoreNot many people know about the monument on Puerto de La Habana Avenue. It has a relief with some half-dressed men hopelessly hanging onto the helm of a sinking ship.
Read MoreThe small business that my family decided to start in order to survive was renting an apartment. In this case it meant renting out my grandmother’s apartment, where I had been living for a while, independently and far from my parents.
Read MoreIn 1961 the revolutionary government took control over what was the largest agricultural market in the capital and the country, popularly known as the “Mercado de Cuatro Caminos”. The results were not so good.
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